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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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During the year discussions took place between the Divisional Medical Officer, the Medical Officer of Health, on co-operative procedure to be taken in the event of the occurrence of a case of poliomyelitis, Immediate steps would be taken to ensure general local immunisation using the oral vaccine, and the public health department staff in such an event would work closely with the London County Council staff in arranging to give appropriate publicity to the necessary measures and to assist with domiciliary visiting.
| No, Reported | No. Confirmed | Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | _ | _ | _ |
| 1962 | 5 | - | |
| 1961 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 1960 | 34 | 15 | - |
| 1959 | 109 | ||
| 1958 | 37 | - | |
| 1957 | 55 | 25 | 1 |
| 1956 | 34 | 13 | - |
| 1955 | 97 | 56 | |
| 1954 | 35 | 1 | |
| 1953 | 47 | 17 | 3 |
| 1952 | 30 | 15 | - |
| 1951 | - | ||
| 1950 | 54 | 31 |
Includes a case notified posthumously and
not included in Registrar-General's Tables,
• Two cases, with onset in December, 1956,
were notified in 1957, and are included in
the above returns.
Protection against Poliomyelitis
Protection against poliomyelitis is given at all Welfare Centres in Islington
under arrangements made by the L.C.C. "Open Sessions" are held and attendances at
these is not restricted by place of residence, hence it is not possible to give the
number of Islington residents who have attended The following figures show the
numbers of persons who have been protected at L,C.C. Clinics and by medical
practiti rners in 1963 in the whole of the Division comprising the areas of the Boroughs
of Finsbury, Holborn and Islington
Age Groups
| 0-4 yrs. | 5-19 | 20-29 | Others | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Salk (injections) | 50 | 20 | 67 | 26 | 163 |
| 3rd Salk | 46 | 26 | 81 | 17 | 170 |
| 4th Salk | 2 | 10 | - | - | 12 |
| 3rd Sabin (Oral) 4, | 594 | 1, 293 | 617 | 429 | 6,933 |
| Reinforcing (Sabin) | |||||
| doses | 513 | 2,408 | 112 | 15 | 3, 048 |
Diphtheria
Cases and Deaths 1932 - 1963
| Year | Notified Cases | Deaths | Year | Notified Cases | Confirmed Cases | Deaths | Year | Notified Cases | Confirmed Cases | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 1944 | 94 | 38 | 1957 | 9 | 1 | – | |||
| 1933 | 551 | 33 | 1945 | 45 | 3 | 1958 | . | |||
| 1934 | 815 | 32 | 1946 | 137 | 50 | - | 1959 | 48 | 9 | - |
| 1935 | 760 | 13 | 1947 | 72 | 19 | 1 | 1960 | 4 | - | – |
| 1936 | 583 | 31 | 1948 | 44 | 7 | - | 1961 | 4 | ||
| 1937 | 623 | 1949 | 55 | 17 | 1962 | - | - | - | ||
| 1938 | 595 | 23 | 1950 | 50 | 19 | 1 | 1963 | - | ||
| 1939 | 254 | 1951 | 43 | 17 | 1 | |||||
| 1940 | 1952 | 23 | – | . | ||||||
| 1941 | 174 | 1953 | 1 | - | ||||||
| 1942 | 1954 | 1 | - | |||||||
| 1943 | 9 | 1955 | 9 | 1 | - | |||||
| 1956 | - |